LIT - Understanding What Apologetics Is and Is Not (Episode 5: Faith Doesn't Have to Be Blind)

Stand-up comedian, George Carlin, says that God does not exist and that the Bible is (essentially) a book of fairy tales. Apologetics is all about examining and critiquing these types of claims. The Bible says in 1 Peter 3:15 that Christians should always be prepared to give an answer for the hope that is in them. When Christians use apologetics to engage people with “gentleness and respect,” they take the time to understand what other people believe, care about them as individuals, and respectfully challenge their ideas. Many professors and scholars use “apologetics” in a negative sense but that is not how apologists understand the term.

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Sources:
George Carlin: George Carlin On Religion (5:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVo036N9OY

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Joe Rogan Experience 1159 - Neil deGrasse Tyson (46:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGc4m…

Muslim Cartoon: Family Of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Stories | The Story Of Khadija (RA) | Quran Stories (18:04)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICd33…

A Broken Court (8:09)
https://youtu.be/5PLlYrdLtYY?t=489

Peter Doherty: Peter Doherty: Knowledge Wars, Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2015 (15:29)
https://youtu.be/Dwm4sDstCo4?t=2856

Scientific Evidence: 15 Things Christians Say to Atheists (And Shouldn’t) (7:44)
https://youtu.be/mfO21I4DfcE?t=464

Archeology: Beyond Today – Three Proofs the Bible is True (20:19)
https://youtu.be/cl35VtEsB-M?t=1219

World Religions: Jesus (pbuh) is not God but a Messenger of God - Dr Zakir Naik (1:03)
https://youtu.be/BF1tT6-yEyM?t=63

Sexuality: An Ex-Christian And An-Atheist Answer 10 Questions (7:09)https://youtu.be/WYMgHiu4NII?t=429